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Amelia Bedeliaby Peggy Parish, Yanitzia Canetti, Fritz Siebel, Barbara Siebel ThomasISBN 1880507765 (1-880507-76-5)
Hardcover, Lectorum Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amelia Bedelia'Book summary:A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions. [via]
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Another School Is Possibleby Terry WrigleyISBN 1905192134 (1-905192-13-4)
Softcover, Stylus Pub Llc
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Arden Shakespeare Hamletby Harold Jenkins, Neil TaylorISBN 1904271324 (1-904271-32-4)
Hardcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arden Shakespeare Hamlet'Book summary:The core of the ground-breaking, three text edition, this self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text (1604-5) and includes in its Introduction, notes and Appendices all the reader might expect to find in any standard Arden edition. As well as a full, illustrated Introduction to the playÂ's historical, cultural and performance contexts and a thorough survey of critical approaches to the play, an appendix contains the additional passages found only in the 1623 text. "The new Arden Hamlet is a pathbreaking edition, one that promises to change irrevocably our understanding of Shakespeare's greatest play." - Professor James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare Â"Hamlet's latest editors have undertaken a heroic task with great skill and thoroughnesss.Â" - Stanley Wells, The Observer "(The) new Arden Hamlet is quite simply the most comprehensive edition of the play currently available, a status I suspect it will enjoy for many years to come" - The British Theatre Guide "Stunning! There is absolutely no doubt about this being the text to buy if you are studying the play at A Level. And the same stands for those students who will be studying the play at university. This critical edition gives the reader the Second Quarto Text (1604-1605), annotated with intelligence and care, a wealth of historical and cultural references and a survey of different critical approaches to the play." - The Use of English, The English Association [via]
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Asterix Chez les Helvetesby R GoscinnyISBN 2012101488 (2-01-210148-8)
Hardcover, Hachette Groupe Livre
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Asterix Chez les Helvetes'Book summary:Nous sommes en 1959, en plein mois d'août. Dans une cité HLM de Bobigny, aux portes de Paris, deux auteurs de bande dessinée s'épongent le front. Pas seulement à cause de la chaleur estivale : les deux compères suent sang et eau pour trouver une idée de personnage. Il leur faut être prêts pour le premier numéro de Pilote, un nouveau magazine pour les jeunes dont la parution doit intervenir trois mois plus tard. Le scénariste s'appelle René Goscinny. Son copain dessinateur, c'est Albert Uderzo. Ils avaient bien pensé à adapter Le Roman de Renart, mais un autre y a songé avant eux. Alors, ils cherchent. Mais ne trouvent rien& Jusqu'à ce que Goscinny ait l'idée d'un petit Gaulois teigneux et moustachu. Banco : Astérix est né. Et, avec lui, un formidable succès d'édition doublé d'un phénomène de société.
Il fait sa première apparition le 29 octobre 1959 dans les pages de Pilote. Puis l'album Astérix le Gaulois sort en librairie en 1961. Tirage modeste : 6 000 exemplaires. Mais la courbe des ventes ne va cesser de grimper. En 1966, 600 000 exemplaires d'Astérix chez les Bretons s'envolent en quinze jours. Le petit Gaulois est en couverture de l'hebdomadaire L'Express. Du jamais vu. L'année précédente, il a même donné son nom au premier satellite français. Les intellectuels mêlent leur grain de sel, certains trouvant à Astérix une ressemblance avec le Général de Gaulle& Goscinny et Uderzo n'en ont cure. Eux continuent à s'amuser, à faire vivre une galerie de personnages pittoresques, à réécrire l'Histoire et à régaler leurs lecteurs de gags subtils et de trouvailles visuelles. La disparition de Goscinny, en 1977, ne mettra pas fin à l'aventure. Uderzo continue seul et fonde les Éditions Albert-René. Désormais, c'est lui qui écrira les scénarios, sans toutefois faire preuve du même talent que son prédécesseur. Au total, les aventures d'Astérix et de son copain Obélix se sont vendues à plus de 280 millions d'exemplaires. Une réussite exceptionnelle dans la bande dessinée. --Gilbert Jacques [via]More editions of Asterix Chez les Helvetes:
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Asterix Le Gauloisby Rene De GoscinnyISBN 2012100015 (2-01-210001-5)
Hardcover, Distribooks Inc
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Il fait sa première apparition le 29 octobre 1959 dans les pages de Pilote. Puis l'album Astérix le Gaulois sort en librairie en 1961. Tirage modeste : 6 000 exemplaires. Mais la courbe des ventes ne va cesser de grimper. En 1966, 600 000 exemplaires d'Astérix chez les Bretons s'envolent en quinze jours. Le petit Gaulois est en couverture de l'hebdomadaire L'Express. Du jamais vu. L'année précédente, il a même donné son nom au premier satellite français. Les intellectuels mêlent leur grain de sel, certains trouvant à Astérix une ressemblance avec le Général de Gaulle& Goscinny et Uderzo n'en ont cure. Eux continuent à s'amuser, à faire vivre une galerie de personnages pittoresques, à réécrire l'Histoire et à régaler leurs lecteurs de gags subtils et de trouvailles visuelles. La disparition de Goscinny, en 1977, ne mettra pas fin à l'aventure. Uder zo continue seul et fonde les Éditions Albert-René. Désormais, c'est lui qui écrira les scénarios, sans toutefois faire preuve du même talent que son prédécesseur. Au total, les aventures d'Astérix et de son copain Obélix se sont vendues à plus de 280 millions d'exemplaires. Une réussite exceptionnelle dans la bande dessinée. --Gilbert Jacques [via]More editions of Asterix Le Gaulois:
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At the Back of the North Windby George MacDonaldISBN 1881084078 (1-881084-07-8)
Hardcover, Johannesen
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This is a book for children--I've read it to my own daughter more than once--even though they may not understand just who North Wind is until years later. Adults on the other hand will learn that while they thought they knew something about death, there is much to relearn--and probably the most important part. --Doug Thorpe [via]
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Babes in the Bush: The Making of an Australian Imageby Kim TorneyISBN 1920731350 (1-920731-35-0)
Softcover, Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Battlefields of the First World War : A Traveller's Guideby Michael Foreman, Maddhur JaffreyISBN 1857933648 (1-85793-364-8)
Softcover, Anova Books
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Big Babies: Or Why Can't We Just Grow Upby Michael BywaterISBN 1862078831 (1-86207-883-1)
Hardcover, Granta
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Blanketsby Craig ThompsonISBN 1891830430 (1-891830-43-0)
Softcover, Top Shelf Productions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blankets'Book summary:At 592 pages, Blankets may well be the single largest graphic novel ever published without being serialized first. Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith. A profound and utterly beautiful work from Craig Thompson. The New Printing corrects 3 small typos, widening the spine graphics, but otherwise is identical to the first printing. [via]
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Brothers Lionheartby Jill Morgan, Astrid Lindgren, Ilon WiklandISBN 1930900244 (1-930900-24-4)
Hardcover, Purple House Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brothers Lionheart'Book summary:Scotty's big brother Jonathan tells him about Nangiyala, a land on the other side of the stars, where you go after you die. Because Scotty is little and afraid and he's sick and soon he'll die.
"In Nangiyala you have adventures from morning to evening and at night, too. Because it's in Nangiyala that all sagas happen," Jonathan tells Scotty.
It sounds so good that Scotty doesn't want to be without Jonathan in Nangiyala, where together they will become the Brothers Lionheart... [via]
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Canadian Summerby Hilda Van StockumISBN 1883937140 (1-883937-14-0)
Softcover, Bethlehem Books
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Children of the Gilded Era: Portraits of Sargent, Renoir, Cassatt and Their Contemporariesby Barbara GallatiISBN 1858942721 (1-85894-272-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Choir Boyby Charlie AndersISBN 1933368470 (1-933368-47-0)
Softcover, Soft Skull Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Choir Boy'Book summary:Twelve-year-old choirboy Berry wants nothing more than to remain a choirboy, surrounded by perfect notes, as opposed to his imperfect, quarreling parents. Choral music and the prospect of divinity thrill him. Desperate to keep his voice from changing, he tries to injure himself, and then convinces a clinic to give him testosterone-inhibiting drugs. The hormone pills keep Berry's voice from deepening but also cause him to grow breasts. Suddenly Berry faces a world of unexpected gender issues that push him into a universe far more complex than anything he has experienced. A fantastical coming-of-age story, Choir Boy combines off-kilter humor and its own brand of modern day magic in a rollicking, bittersweet story about growing up different.[via]-
A Clash of Kingsby Stephen PagelISBN 1892065312 (1-892065-31-2)
Hardcover, Meisha Merlin Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Clash of Kings'Book summary:How does he do it? George R.R. Martin's high fantasy weaves a spell sufficient to seduce even those who vowed never to start a doorstopper fantasy series again (the first book--A Game of Thrones--runs over 700 pages). A Clash of Kings is longer and even more grim, but Martin continues to provide compelling characters in a vividly real world.
The Seven Kingdoms have come apart. Joffrey, Queen Cersei's sadistic son, ascends the Iron Throne following the death of Robert Baratheon, the Usurper, who won it in battle. Queen Cersei's family, the Lannisters, fight to hold it for him. Both the dour Stannis and the charismatic Renly Baratheon, Robert's brothers, also seek the throne. Robb Stark, declared King in the North, battles to avenge his father's execution and retrieve his sister from Joffrey's court. Daenerys, the exiled last heir of the former ruling family, nurtures three dragons and seeks a way home. Meanwhile the Night's Watch, sworn to protect the realm from dangers north of the Wall, dwindle in numbers, even as barbarian forces gather and beings out of legend stalk the Haunted Forest.
Sound complicated? It is, but fine writing makes this a thoroughly satisfying stew of dark magic, complex political intrigue, and horrific bloodshed. --Nona Vero [via]
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Climbing the God Treeby Jaimee Wriston ColbertISBN 1884235255 (1-884235-25-5)
Softcover, Helicon Nine Editions
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Combrayby Marcel ProustISBN 2080721178 (2-08-072117-8)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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The Complete Works of Lewis Carrollby Lewis Carroll, Alexander Woollcott, John TennielISBN 1871061148 (1-871061-14-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll'Book summary:This is a carefully edited text of the writer's chief work and selections from his lesser writings and letters without which it would be impossible to form a picture of his life's work and genius. [via]
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The Curse of St. Trinian's: The Best of the Drawingsby Ronald SearleISBN 1857930711 (1-85793-071-1)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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David and the Phoenixby Edward Ormondroyd, Joan RaysorISBN 1930900015 (1-930900-01-5)
Softcover, Purple House Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'David and the Phoenix'Book summary:Originally published in 1957, this well loved classic makes a comeback!
David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreamed what he would find that June morning on the mountain ledge.
There stood an enormous bird, with a head like an eagle, a neck like a swan and a scarlet crest. The most astonishing thing was that the bird had an open book on the ground and was reading from it!
This was David's first sight of the fabulous Phoenix and the beginning of a pleasant and profitable partnership. The Phoenix found a great deal lacking in David's education -- he flunked questions like "How do you tell a true from a false Unicorn?" -- and undertook to supplement it with a practical education, an education that would be a preparation for Life. The education had to be combined with offensive and defensive measures against a Scientist who was bent on capturing the Phoenix, but the two projects together involved exciting and hilarious adventures for boy and bird.
A wonderful read-aloud book, adventurous and very funny, with much of the magic as well as the humor of the fantastic. [via]
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Echo: Scandinavian Stories about Girlsby Ia Dubois, Katherine HansonISBN 1879679140 (1-879679-14-0)
Softcover, Women In Translation
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Emileby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 2030348597 (2-03-034859-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Explorabook: A Kid's Science Museum in a Bookby John Cassidy, Exploratorium (Organization)ISBN 1878257145 (1-878257-14-5)
Softcover, Klutz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Explorabook: A Kid's Science Museum in a Book'Book summary:A hands-on science museum squeezed between the covers of a book. Tons of experiments are featured and nearly all of them can be done right on the spot using the magnifying lens, magnet, agar and other bound-in apparatus.[via]Comes With: plastic magnet wand, mirror, moire spinner, diffraction grating, Fresnel lens, 2 packets of agar growth medium
? Create wonderful things ? Be good ? Have fun
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F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great GatsbyISBN 1874166676 (1-874166-67-6)
Softcover, Totem Books
Find This BookBook summary:F. Scott Fitzgerald has become something of a defining figure of the twenties - the decade he so famously described as 'The Jazz Age'. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's writing is at its finest, exposing a society's tendency towards decadence and moral collapse through a decade of hedonism. Regarded as the most searching and tightly written of his novels, The Great Gatsby was the work that assured Fitzgerald's place amongst the major writers of the twentieth century. In this Readers' Guide, Nicolas Tredell introduces and sets in context the key critical debates surrounding a novel about which more critical material exists than any other work of American fiction. The extracts and essays included here reflect on The Great Gatsby's place as one of the first American novels to make significant use of modernist techniques, and explore the influence of the work on later American writings. Considering secondary sources from the Twenties to the present, the Guide offers readers an invaluable resource for the study of this complex rendering of a moment in American history. [via]
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Far and Beyon'by Unity DowISBN 1879960648 (1-879960-64-8)
Softcover, Aunt Lute Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Far and Beyon''Book summary:[via]Far and Beyon tells the story of a Botswanan familys struggle to cope with the devastatation of HIV and poverty. Reeling from the loss of a second son to AIDS, Mara turns to traditional magic to fight the curse she believes is destroying her family. Her children, Mosa and Stan, increasingly reject such beliefs, choosing instead to fight the powerlessness and oppression that have made the family so vulnerable to HIV. In the process, they must challenge adult authorities and scrutinize the ways in which they unwittingly consent to the forces that constrict them.
"The Botswana of village life, of ceremony, of family, noise, rites of passage, love, tragedy, food, violence and kinship are gritty on the page. Dow writes this world the way men and women in her country sing--with a zest fed by connection to the earth and to a shared past ... She has Botswanas dirt under her nails and is not anxious to scour it out." Morag Fraser, The Age
"This is a novel for everyone ... embrac[ing] life in Botswana and the challenges involved in growing up, confronting adult hypocrisy, poverty, abuse and exploitation." Sheldon G. Weeks, Mail & Guardian
Unity Dow is Botswana's first female high court judge and a long-time activist for women's rights and the rights of the poor. Explaining her choice to focus this, her first novel, on the AIDS crisis, Dow says, "I really could not have written a contemporary novel on Botswana without devoting a major part of it to AIDS. I cant imagine a five-minute conversation about anything not somehow veering towards AIDS. If I invite guests to dinner, I can expect at least one to cancel at short notice because of a funeral or illness to attend to."
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First Childhoodby Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson BernersISBN 188598331X (1-885983-31-X)
Softcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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Frederickby Leo Lionni, Teresa MlawerISBN 1930332815 (1-930332-81-5)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
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Free to Learn: Introducing Steiner Waldorf Earkt Childhood Educationby Lynne OldfieldISBN 1903458064 (1-903458-06-4)
Softcover, Rudolf Steiner Pr
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A Game of Thronesby George R. R. Martin'SISBN 1892065290 (1-892065-29-0)
Hardcover, Meisha Merlin Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Game of Thrones'Book summary:Readers of epic fantasy series are: (1) patient--they are left in suspense between each volume, (2) persistent--they reread or at least review the previous book(s) when a new installment comes out, (3) strong--these 700-page doorstoppers are heavy, and (4) mentally agile--they follow a host of characters through a myriad of subplots. In A Game of Thrones, the first book of a projected six, George R.R. Martin rewards readers with a vividly real world, well-drawn characters, complex but coherent plotting, and beautifully constructed prose, which Locus called "well above the norms of the genre."
Martin's Seven Kingdoms resemble England during the Wars of the Roses, with the Stark and Lannister families standing in for the Yorks and Lancasters. The story of these two families and their struggle to control the Iron Throne dominates the foreground; in the background is a huge, ancient wall marking the northern border, beyond which barbarians, ice vampires, and direwolves menace the south as years-long winter advances. Abroad, a dragon princess lives among horse nomads and dreams of fiery reconquest.
There is much bloodshed, cruelty, and death, but A Game of Thrones is nevertheless compelling; it garnered a Nebula nomination and won the 1996 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. So, on to A Clash of Kings! --Nona Vero [via]
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Neil TaylorISBN 1904271332 (1-904271-33-2)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Pour mener à bien sa vengeance sans éveiller les soupçons, Hamlet feint la folie. Lorsque le fantôme de son père lui révèle que Claudius, souverain actuel et frère du défunt roi, est le meurtrier de celui-ci, on s'attend à une stratégie ingénieuse, d'autant que le prince semble plein de courage, d'insolence et d'esprit. Or, durant quatre actes, il ne commet qu'un seul meurtre, conséquence d'une erreur de perception. À la fin de la pièce, il venge son père, mais in extremis.
Hamlet est une tragédie intérieure, presque intime, dont le rythme est motivé par les hésitations du héros qui donnent lieu à des scènes superbes de grandeur pathétique, car elles disent l'aspiration de l'homme à la liberté et au repos, malgré l'enfermement obsessionnel auquel l'existence le condamne. Tragédie du doute, voyage dans un esprit qui ne rêve que d'immatérialité mais ne parvient pas à prendre son envol, Hamlet, pièce mélancolique, nous invite à un saut existentiel. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
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Hamletby Harold JenkinsISBN 1903436672 (1-903436-67-2)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of Hamlet provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts. [via]
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Happy Babyby Stephen ElliottISBN 1931561621 (1-931561-62-1)
Hardcover, Macadam Cage Pub
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Happy Times in Noisy Villageby Astrid Lindgren, Ilon Wikland, Florence LambornISBN 1883937663 (1-883937-66-3)
Softcover, Bethlehem Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Happy Times in Noisy Village'Book summary:Welcome to Noisy Village! Well, it's not really quite what it sounds. Lisa, who tells the story, lives on Middle Farm with her parents and two brothers, Karl and Bill. Britta and Anna live at North Farm and Olaf and Kerstin live at South Farm. It is because the houses are right next door to each other in a clump as they liked to do these things in rural Sweden years ago, and because the because the children make so much racket that the farmhouses came to be so honestly and happily named. A large linden tree grows between Middle and South Farms and so the boys in the two houses visit each other by climbing through the branches--even the girls do it sometimes, like the night they all waited for Olaf to go to sleep so that they could pull out his loose tooth without his knowing it! That is only one of the many escapades designed to make readers young and old wish they could step right into the pages of this little book.
Join the fun in this companion volume to The Children of Noisy Village (published by Viking Penguin). Illustrated with delightful line drawings by Ilon Wikland; translated by Florence Lamborn. [via]More editions of Happy Times in Noisy Village:
Harry Potterby J. K. RowlingISBN 2070549720 (2-07-054972-0)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Home Is on Top of a Dog Houseby Charles M. SchulzISBN 1933662085 (1-933662-08-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Immortellesby Mireille MarokviaISBN 1878448722 (1-878448-72-2)
Hardcover, Macmurray & Beck Communication
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The Jungleby Upton Beall Sinclair, Earl Lee, Kathleen De GraveISBN 1884365302 (1-884365-30-2)
Softcover, See Sharp Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle'Book summary:For nearly a century, the original version of Upton Sinclair's classic novel has remained almost entirely unknown. When it was published in serial form in 1905, it was a full third longer than the censored, commercial edition published in book form the following year. That expurgated commercial edition edited out much of the ethnic flavor of the original, as well as some of the goriest descriptions of the meat-packing industry and much of Sinclair's most pointed social and political commentary. The text of this new edition is as it appeared in the original uncensored edition of 1905. It contains the full 36 chapters as originally published, rather than the 31 of the expurgated edition. A new foreword describes the discovery in the 1980s of the original edition and its subsequent suppression, and a new introduction places the novel in historical context by explaining the pattern of censorship in the shorter commercial edition.[via]More editions of The Jungle:
The Kid from Matata: Memories of a Post War Pakeha Childhoodby David McGillISBN 1869340116 (1-86934-011-6)
Hardcover, Grantham House
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King Henry VISBN 1903437253 (1-903437-25-3)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
Find This BookBook summary:T. W. Craik is Emeritus Professor of English in the University of Durham in the UK. He is the author of The Tudor Interlude and The Comic Tales of Chaucer, and has edited plays by Marlowe and Massinger for the New Mermaids Series, a selection of Elizabethan tragedies for Everyman's Library, Beaumont and Fletcher's Maid's Tragedy for the Revels Plays, and The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Oxford Shakespeare. He was joint editor of Twelfth Night in the second series of the Arden Shakespeare.Distinguished editor T.W. Craik makes an independent and balanced examination of the many textual problems of Henry V, providing many new emendations. He begins his illustrated introduction with a commentary on the date and sources of the play, before taking up the problem of the Quarto and Folio texts; in Craik's view, the Quarto texts are evolving and incomplete versions of the play, with the First Folio best representing what was written by Shakespeare himself and performed to the public. Following his own substantial critical analysis King Henry V, the editor surveys other critical approaches to the play and lays out its performance history. Preceding the play itself is an explanation of Craik's text, with more analysis of the Quarto and Folio versions shedding light on the arduous process of compiling an edition of Shakespeare. Five appendices follow the play: The First Quarto of 1600, a map of France and the south of England, a map of the route of Henry V's army from 13 August to 17 November 1415, a genealogical table, and a doubling chart. The edition also includes a list of abbreviations used for reference.The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the plays foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader.[via]"Craik's commentary is particularly ample and detailed, with careful attention to the play's language, textual problems, the interpretation of stage directions, and Shakespeare's handling of source materials . . . he builds up a distinct though traditionalist reading which, critically sympathetic and undogmatic, finds the play at once simple and subtle."John Jowett, Shakespeare Survey"With the exceptionally thorough Arden notes, and the extensive editorial coverage, including recent stage history, this Henry V is the one to have."Times Higher Education Supplement"Craik's commentary is exemplary in its thorough treatment of critical concerns, glossaries and explanations, theatrical matters, and source material."Barry Gaines, University of New Mexico, Shakespeare Quarterly 
Laddie, a True Blue Storyby Gene Stratton PorterISBN 1934169498 (1-934169-49-8)
Softcover, Norilana Books
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 2011552435 (2-01-155243-5)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Les Trois Mousquetairesby Alexandre DumasISBN 2035881269 (2-03-588126-9)
Softcover, Larousse Editions
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Lessons in Taxidermyby Bee LavenderISBN 1888451793 (1-888451-79-3)
Softcover, Akashic Books
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Lives Of The Saintsby Nino RicciISBN 1896951058 (1-896951-05-8)
Softcover, Cormorant Books
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Margherita Dolce Vitaby Stefano Benni, Antony ShugaarISBN 1933372206 (1-933372-20-6)
Softcover, Europa Editions Inc
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"A master of political satire infused with a dose of the fantastical."-World Literature Today
Stefano Benni's enormously popular and distinctive mix of the absurd and the satiri-cal has made him one of Italy's most important and best-loved novelists. This is his twelfth best-selling book of fiction.
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Fifteen-year-old Margherita lives with her eccentric family on the outskirts of town, a semi-urban wilderness peopled by gypsies, illegal immigrants, and no end of bizarre characters: a reassuring and fertile playground for an imaginative little girl like Margherita. But one day, a gigantic, black cube shows up next door. Her new neighbors have arrived, and they're destined to ruin everything.More editions of Margherita Dolce Vita:
Marjory's Book: The Complete Journals, Letters, and Poems of a Young Girlby Marjorie Fleming, Barbara McLeanISBN 1873644965 (1-873644-96-5)
Hardcover, Mercat Press
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William ShakespeareISBN 1903436605 (1-903436-60-5)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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Much Ado About Nothingby William Shakespeare, Claire McEachernISBN 1903436834 (1-903436-83-4)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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New American Standard Reader's Pew Bible - Blackby Not AvailableISBN 1885217951 (1-885217-95-1)
Hardcover, Christian Book Distributors
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This high quality pew Bible is also a great handy size text Bible for daily reading. It's printed on high quality white Bible paper with a bold 8 point font, making it an excellent value! This Bible is complete with a concordance and 10 full-page maps with incredible detail.
Features: 5 1/4 x 8 inch paper trim size and 1 inch thick, 8 point font size, Concordance, Maps, Presentation Page, Verse Format, Black Letter, Two Column Text. [via]More editions of New American Standard Reader's Pew Bible - Black:
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New American Standard BibleISBN 1885217722 (1-885217-72-2)
Softcover, Foundation Pubns Inc
Find This BookBook summary:The NASB is a smooth reading literal English Bible translation, which provides increased clarity and readability for greater understanding while maintaining superior accuracy to the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. Trust, discover, and grow in your faith with the NASB today.
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The Night Before Christmasby Clement Clarke Moore, Nan PollardISBN 1878624490 (1-878624-49-0)
Softcover, Learning Horizons
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Novels, 1942-1952by John Steinbeck, Robert DemottISBN 1931082073 (1-931082-07-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Moon Is Down (1942), set in an unnamed Scandinavian country under German occupation, dramatizes the transformation of ordinary life under totalitarian rule and the underground struggle against the Nazi invaders. In Cannery Row (1945) Steinbeck paid tribute to his closest friend, the marine biologist Ed Ricketts, in the central character of Doc, proprietor of the Western Biological Laboratory and spiritual and financial mainstay of a cast of philosophical drifters and hangers-on. The comic and bawdy evocation of the main street of Monterey's sardine-canning district has made this one of the most popular of all Steinbeck's novels. Steinbeck's long involvement with Mexican culture is distilled in The Pearl (1947). Expanding on an anecdote he had heard about a boy who found a pearl of unusual size, Steinbeck turned it into an allegory of the corrupting influence of sudden wealth. The Pearl appears here with the original illustrations by José Clemente Orozco.
Ambitious in scale and original in structure, East of Eden (1952) recounts the violent and emotionally turbulent history of a Salinas Valley family through several generations. Drawing on Biblical parallels, East of Eden is an epic that explores the writer's deepest and most anguished concerns within a landscape that for him had mythic resonance.More editions of Novels, 1942-1952:
The Pagemasterby David Kirschner, Jerry TiritilliISBN 1878685430 (1-878685-43-0)
Hardcover, Turner Publishing, Incorporated
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The Pedant and the Shufflyby John Bellairs, Marilyn Fitschen, Brad StricklandISBN 1887726071 (1-887726-07-1)
Softcover, Mythopoeic Pr
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Period Pieceby Gwendolen Mary Darwin RaveratISBN 1904555128 (1-904555-12-8)
Hardcover, Intl Pub Marketing
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Pride And Prejudiceby Jane AustenISBN 1933652446 (1-933652-44-6)
Hardcover, Bed Book
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Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Pumpkin Blanketby Deborah Turney ZagwynISBN 1883672597 (1-883672-59-7)
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Ready or Not: What Happens When We Treat Children As Small Adultsby Kay S. HymowitzISBN 1893554201 (1-893554-20-1)
Softcover, Encounter Books
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Sayers on Holmes: Essays & Fiction on Sherlock Holmesby Dorothy L. Sayers, Alzina Stone DaleISBN 188772608X (1-887726-08-X)
Softcover, Mythopoeic Pr
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby OrczyISBN 1934169137 (1-934169-13-7)
Softcover, Norilana Books
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Who is the elusive and mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel? A master of clever disguises, stealth and elegant escapes -- skills that he uses to rescue doomed French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. His signature -- a tiny scarlet flower.
The Pimpernel's true identity is unknown except to a small group of co-conspirators who work with him and together comprise the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Not even his wife, the beautiful Lady Marguerite Blakeney, knows that the man she is married to, an effete fop and dull-witted British dandy Sir Percy Blakeney, is a secret hero who risks his life on a daily basis in order to save countless others.
A vibrant adventure awaits the reader -- heart-pounding narrow escapes, clever repartee and dashing wit, true love thwarted and redeemed, a relentless agent of the French Republican Government who makes it his personal goal to capture and destroy the Scarlet Pimpernel, and of course Percy's immortal "bon mot" that makes the social rounds in England and France:
"We seek him here, we seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven? -- Is he in hell?
That demmed, elusive Pimpernel."Book One of "The Scarlet Pimpernel Series" [via]
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The Screaming of the Innocentby Unity DowISBN 1876756209 (1-876756-20-9)
Softcover, Spinifex Press
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So Long, See You Tomorrowby William MaxwellISBN 1860464181 (1-86046-418-1)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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The Solitaire Mysteryby Jostein GaarderISBN 185881636X (1-85881-636-X)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860465943 (1-86046-594-3)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound.
Murakami eschews the fantastic elements that appear in many of his other novels and stories, and readers hoping for a glimpse of the Sheep Man will be disappointed. Yet South of the Border, West of the Sun is as rich and mysterious as anything he has written. It is above all a complex, moving, and honest meditation on the nature of love, distilled into a work with the crystal clarity of a short story. A Nat "King" Cole song, a figure on a crowded street, a face pressed against a car window, a handful of ashes drifting down a river to the sea are woven together into a story that refuses to arrive at a simple conclusion. The classic love triangle may seem like a hackneyed theme for a writer as talented as Murakami, but in his quietly dazzling way, he bends us to his own unique geometry. --Simon Leake [via]More editions of South of the Border, West of the Sun:
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Stories for Christmas by Charles Dickensby Charles DickensISBN 1879582414 (1-879582-41-4)
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Storytelling With Childrenby Nancy MellonISBN 1903458080 (1-903458-08-0)
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The Taming of the Shrewby Morris, Brian MorrisISBN 1903436109 (1-903436-10-9)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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Tell It Like It Is: How Our Schools Fail Black Childrenby Brian Richardson, Herman Ouseley, Doreen LawrenceISBN 1905192061 (1-905192-06-1)
Softcover, Stylus Pub Llc
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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas HardyISBN 1857150333 (1-85715-033-3)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library
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Three Men in a Boatby Jerome K. Jerome, Paul CoxISBN 1862052212 (1-86205-221-2)
Softcover, Anova Books
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Tikki Tikki Temboby Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent, Liwayway AlonsoISBN 1880507803 (1-880507-80-3)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
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Treasures of Childhood: Books, Toys, and Games from the Opie Collectionby Iona Opie, Brian Alderson, Robert OpieISBN 1857936248 (1-85793-624-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing Up Globalby Faith Eidse, Nina SichelISBN 1857883381 (1-85788-338-1)
Softcover, Nicholas Brealey Intl
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Artemis Fowlby Eoin ColferISBN 2070546810 (2-07-054681-0)
Softcover, Gallimard, Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Artemis Fowl'Book summary:Un nouveau héros est né. Il a douze ans, est le dernier rejeton d'une dynastie de voleurs irlandais. Il vit dans un château, auprès de sa mère dont l'esprit a flanché lors de la disparition de son mari. La fortune des Fowl est au plus mal. Mais Artemis est un petit génie escorté d'un serviteur tout dévoué et doté d'une force peu commune. Voilà des atouts de poids pour faire aboutir un projet fou, qui ne pouvait germer que dans la tête d'un enfant : s'emparer de l'or des fées&
Eoin Colfer a choisi pour héros un jeune (très jeune) malfaiteur. Il fallait oser. Artemis ne s'embarrasse pas de beaucoup de scrupules et sa morale est, disons, particulière. Quand on est fils de bandit& Il n'est pourtant pas dépourvu de cSur, on le verra, ni d'humour. Quant à sa détermination, elle est peu commune. On lui emboîte le pas bien volontiers en dévorant ce roman qui mêle avec allégresse le monde des fées et celui des nouvelles technologies, informatique et magie, science-fiction et traditions, vieilles légendes irlandaises et réalité du monde moderne. Et ce polar caustique n'est que la première manche d'un combat qui promet de se poursuivre entre Artemis et le Peuple& On attend déjà la suite avec impatience, que l'on ait 12 ans, un peu moins ou& beaucoup plus. --Pascale Wester [via]
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Asterix le Gauloisby René GoscinnyISBN 201210133X (2-01-210133-X)
Softcover, Hachette Groupe Livre
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Asterix le Gaulois'Book summary:Nous sommes en 1959, en plein mois d'août. Dans une cité HLM de Bobigny, aux portes de Paris, deux auteurs de bande dessinée s'épongent le front. Pas seulement à cause de la chaleur estivale : les deux compères suent sang et eau pour trouver une idée de personnage. Il leur faut être prêts pour le premier numéro de Pilote, un nouveau magazine pour les jeunes dont la parution doit intervenir trois mois plus tard. Le scénariste s'appelle René Goscinny. Son copain dessinateur, c'est Albert Uderzo. Ils avaient bien pensé à adapter Le Roman de Renart, mais un autre y a songé avant eux. Alors, ils cherchent. Mais ne trouvent rien& Jusqu'à ce que Goscinny ait l'idée d'un petit Gaulois teigneux et moustachu. Banco : Astérix est né. Et, avec lui, un formidable succès d'édition doublé d'un phénomène de société.
Il fait sa première apparition le 29 octobre 1959 dans les pages de Pilote. Puis l'album Astérix le Gaulois sort en librairie en 1961. Tirage modeste : 6 000 exemplaires. Mais la courbe des ventes ne va cesser de grimper. En 1966, 600 000 exemplaires d'Astérix chez les Bretons s'envolent en quinze jours. Le petit Gaulois est en couverture de l'hebdomadaire L'Express. Du jamais vu. L'année précédente, il a même donné son nom au premier satellite français. Les intellectuels mêlent leur grain de sel, certains trouvant à Astérix une ressemblance avec le Général de Gaulle& Goscinny et Uderzo n'en ont cure. Eux continuent à s'amuser, à faire vivre une galerie de personnages pittoresques, à réécrire l'Histoire et à régaler leurs lecteurs de gags subtils et de trouvailles visuelles. La disparition de Goscinny, en 1977, ne mettra pas fin à l'aventure. Uder zo continue seul et fonde les Éditions Albert-René. Désormais, c'est lui qui écrira les scénarios, sans toutefois faire preuve du même talent que son prédécesseur. Au total, les aventures d'Astérix et de son copain Obélix se sont vendues à plus de 280 millions d'exemplaires. Une réussite exceptionnelle dans la bande dessinée. --Gilbert Jacques [via]More editions of Asterix le Gaulois:
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Les Aventures De Tintin, Reporter En Orient: Les Cigares Du Pharaonby HergeISBN 2203011041 (2-203-01104-1)
Hardcover, Casterman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Aventures De Tintin, Reporter En Orient: Les Cigares Du Pharaon'Book summary:Le 10 janvier 1929, un jeune reporter fait son apparition dans Le Petit Vingtième, le supplément pour enfants du quotidien belge Le XXe siècle. Son nom ? Tintin. Accompagné de Milou, un jeune chien blanc, il part pour la "Russie soviétique". Son créateur, un certain Georges Remi, signe Hergé, pseudonyme inspiré par ses initiales. Après ce premier voyage en Russie, qui donne naissance à l'album Tintin chez les Soviets, le jeune reporter s'envole pour l'Afrique (Tintin au Congo), puis pour l'Amérique. Mais c'est Le Lotus bleu, publié dans Le Petit Vingtième dès août 1934, qui marque un tournant important dans l'Suvre d'Hergé. Celui-ci, après avoir rencontré Tchang Tchong-Jen, jeune étudiant chinois qui lui a ouvert les yeux sur l'Asie, va désormais se soucier de rigueur documentaire. Il va aussi s'efforcer de faire passer dans ses histoires un message d'humanisme et de tolérance. Le succès de son reporter à la houppe ne va cesser de grandir. Hergé lui fait parcourir le monde. Il teinte ses aventures d'onirisme (L'Étoile mystérieuse), flirte avec le surnaturel (Les Sept Boules de cristal), l'expédie même sur la lune.
Il donne à Tintin des compagnons d'aventure qui vont prendre une place essentielle : les Dupont/d (Les Cigares du pharaon), le capitaine Haddock (Le Crabe aux pinces d'or), le professeur Tournesol (Le Secret de la Licorne) ou Bianca Castafiore (Le Sceptre d'Ottokar). Hergé n'hésite pas à jouer avec ses personnages : Les Bijoux de la Castafiore montrent un Tintin dépassé par les événements, loin de son image traditionnelle. Jusqu'à l'Suvre ultime, laissée inachevée par la mort d'Hergé en mars 1983 : Tintin et l'alph-art, dont la dernière case montre le héros en bien fâcheuse posture...
Tintin a su séduire les jeunes comme les adultes. Grâce à la lisibilité de la narration et du dessin, la justesse des dialogues, le sens du rebondissement et de l'intrigue... Mais aussi le souffle de l'aventure, de l'amitié et de la générosité. Et, en plus, ce quelque chose d'indéfinissable qu'Hergé lui-même ne savait expliquer... Une bande dessinée universelle. --Gilbert Jacques [via]
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Les Bijoux de la Castafioreby HergeISBN 2203001208 (2-203-00120-8)
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Emile ou de l'Educationby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 2080701177 (2-08-070117-7)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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Harry Potterby Rowling J. K.ISBN 2070529290 (2-07-052929-0)
Softcover, Gallimard
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Harry Potter Et Le Prisonnaire D'azkaban / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. Rowling, Jean-Francois MenardISBN 2070528189 (2-07-052818-9)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 2070102645 (2-07-010264-5)
Hardcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:1779pages. in8. Relié. C'est un tel classique qu'on a toujours l'impression de l'avoir déjà lu. ou vu : avec Michel Bouquet dans le rôle de Javert, ou bien Depardieu. Relire donc Les Misérables, publié par Victor Hugo en 1862, offre le plaisir de la reconnaissance et du recommencement. Toujours on sera emporté par la tension romanesque du livre, ses figures inoubliables, ses langues multiples - n'oublions pas que Hugo est le premier à introduire l'argot et la langue populaire dans le français écrit -, ses histoires et son temps. De la récidive malheureuse de Jean Valjean, frais libéré du bagne, à sa progressive rédemption, de l'enfance désastreuse de Cosette à son idylle avec Marius, de la figure sacrificielle de Fantine aux personnages sinistres de Thénardier et de Javert, le roman propose une belle leçon d'humanité vivante. "Je viens détruire la fatalité humaine, écrit Hugo, je condamne l'esclavage, je chasse la misère, j'enseigne l'ignorance, je traite la maladie, j'éclaire la nuit, je hais la haine. Voilà ce que je suis et voilà pourquoi j'ai fait Les Misérables. " -Céline Darner [via]
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LA Potion Magique De Georges Bouillonby Roald DahlISBN 2070513408 (2-07-051340-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Potion Magique De Georges Bouillon'Book summary:148pages. poche. Poche. La grand-mère de Georges n'est pas de ces adorables mamies gâteaux qui racontent des histoires et offrent des bonbons. Elle serait plutôt du genre sorcière, méchante et aimant faire peur aux enfants. Puisque c'est une sorcière, Georges décide de la transformer en lui concoctant une potion magique à sa façon. Du genre explosif. Une potion qui aura des effets plutôt inattendus. C'est un vrai bonheur que de suivre le petit Georges dans sa confection de la plus infâme mixture qui soit, composée de tout ce que la maison contient de moins appétissant : vernis à ongles, cirage, peinture, savon, tout atterrit dans le chaudron. Le genre de tambouille que tout enfant a rêvé de faire. Avec Georges, on s'offre le plaisir. sans la grosse fessée qui risquerait de récompenser ce genre d'exploit dans la vraie vie. Dans le livre, on a le droit de tout faire et surtout, la magie existe. Elle crée la barrière entre le monde réel et celui du conte, aucune confusion n'est possible. Rassurant pour les parents ! Et les dessins du grand illustrateur Quentin Blake sont simplement hilarants. -Pascale Wester [via]
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Les Trois Mousquetairesby Alexandre DumasISBN 2011552443 (2-01-155244-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Trois Mousquetaires'Book summary:Les trois mousquetaires is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Alexandre Dumas pe¿re is in the French language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Alexandre Dumas pe¿re then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. [via]
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Voyage au Centre de la Terre: Level 1by Jules VerneISBN 2090319178 (2-09-031917-8)
Hardcover, Creations loisirs enseignement International
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Voyage au Centre de la Terre: Level 1'Book summary:Jules Verne s'amuse. La littérature est un jeu pour lui, chaque livre l'occasion d'un nouveau pari, plus insensé que le précédent. Un fou de savant (il en produira par dizaines, de ces illuminés, tous plus extravagants les uns que les autres) descend en compagnie d'un adolescent candide et d'un guide muet, jusqu'au centre (enfin, presque) de la Terre, pour y créer une mer libre (eh oui, docteur Freud) avec ses tempêtes, son climat "méditerranéen", ses monstres antédiluviens, ses forêts pétrifiées puis remonte illico, à cent à l'heure, poussé par un torrent de lave en fusion... Sur les traces de son maître Edgar Poe (il avait lu ses oeuvres traduites par Baudelaire), Jules Verne prend le canular scientifique pour prétexte, et refaçonne un univers électrique, volcanique, traversé d'énergies furieuses, où sa puissance visionnaire éclate, à la mesure d'une folie créatrice insatiable et sans limites. --Scarbo [via]
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Como El Grinch Robo LA Navidad / How the Grinch Stole Christmasby Yanitzia Canetti, SeussISBN 1880507730 (1-880507-73-0)
Hardcover, Lectorum Pubns
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El Loraxby Aida E. Marcuse, Dr. SeussISBN 1880507048 (1-880507-04-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Lorax'Book summary:When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the "save our planet" mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. In The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to heed.
The now remorseful Once-ler--our faceless, bodiless narrator--tells the story himself. Long ago this enterprising villain chances upon a place filled with wondrous Truffula Trees, Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-ba- loots, and Humming-Fishes. Bewitched by the beauty of the Truffula Tree tufts, he greedily chops them down to produce and mass-market Thneeds. ("It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat.") As the trees swiftly disappear and the denizens leave for greener pastures, the fuzzy yellow Lorax (who speaks for the trees "for the trees have no tongues") repeatedly warns the Once-ler, but his words of wisdom are for naught. Finally the Lorax extricates himself from the scorched earth (by the seat of his own furry pants), leaving only a rock engraved "UNLESS." Thus, with his own colorful version of a compelling morality play, Dr. Seuss teaches readers not to fool with Mother Nature. But as you might expect from Seuss, all hope is not lost--the Once-ler has saved a single Truffula Tree seed! Our fate now rests in the hands of a caring child, who becomes our last chance for a clean, green future. (Ages 4 to 8) [via]
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